 ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.  Works - Pagina 261door Francis Bacon - 1850Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1850 - 656 pagina’s
...promise that they will be richly rewarded. To encourage them, I would remind them, in the words of Bacon, "that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature ;" and that this highest gratification of humanity can only be attained by carefully training and exercising... | |
 | 1849 - 736 pagina’s
...knowledge of truth, which is the presence <. î it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The...of God, in the works of the days, was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of... | |
 | 1849 - 1428 pagina’s
...the Essay " Of Truth," he says : " Yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the enquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence < f it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.... | |
 | 1850 - 544 pagina’s
...earnest men who honour our " NOTES AND QUERIES" with their correspondence, hold with Bacon, that " Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature." We believe that it is under the impulse of such feelings that they have flocked to our columns —... | |
 | 1850 - 1042 pagina’s
...that they will be richly rewarded. To encourage them, I would remind them, in the words of Bacon, " that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature ;" and that this highest gratification of humanity can only be attained by carefully training and exercising... | |
 | 1850 - 524 pagina’s
...Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of Truth, which is the love-c.aking or wooing of it — the knowledge of Truth, which...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature." We believe that it is under the impulse of such feelings that they have flocked to our columns —... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pagina’s
...affections/yet truth, which only dqlhjjudge itself, teacheth, thai the inquiry ' of trulnTwhTcTTis of our reason, and dpplieth his inspirations to open...our understanding, as the form 炂 S W trulh, which is ihe enjoying of il, isjhe sovereign good of human nature?) The firsl creature^ of GooV... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pagina’s
...we spake* of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth...enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature. 2. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the... | |
 | Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey, Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff - 1851 - 496 pagina’s
...AND USE OF REASON IN THE SEARCH AFTER TRUTH. SECT. I. VALUE OF TRUTH. " TRUTH," says Lord Bacon, " which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry...presence of it, and the belief of truth which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." * This, then, is the end which the mind should... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pagina’s
...we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men s depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth,...days, was the light of the sense : the last was the liaht of reason ; and his Sabbath work ever since, is°the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed... | |
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